Chhattisgarh NEET Cut Off 2026 (Expected): Category-wise, College-wise Cutoff for MBBS and BDS

The Chhattisgarh NEET cutoff 2026 will be released by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Chhattisgarh, after the Re NEET 2026 result, which is expected by July 20, 2026. The cutoff decides admissions to MBBS and BDS seats across the state's 11 government and 5 private medical colleges.

Here's what the expected picture looks like:

• The qualifying cutoff in Re NEET 2026 is likely to land around 137–142 for UR/EWS and 106–111 for OBC/SC/ST candidates.

• For the general category, the Chhattisgarh state quota cutoff is expected around 550–590 marks, with EWS at 545–585 and OBC at 535–575.

• Top colleges will sit much higher - Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur is expected around 635+ and CIMS Bilaspur around 620+.

• For reference, last year's Round 1 closing rank in the general category was 24,483 at Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, at 529 marks.

• The 2026 cutoff will be shaped by the Re NEET paper's difficulty, the number of applicants, seat availability, the reservation policy, and how many counselling rounds run.

One caveat worth stating plainly: because the May 3 exam was cancelled and re-conducted on June 21, 2026, the applicant pool and score distribution may behave differently from a normal year - treat every projection below as a planning guide, not a promise.

Chhattisgarh NEET Cutoff 2026 - Key Highlights

For the full registration process, domicile rules and seat matrix, see our Chhattisgarh NEET Counselling 2026 page.

Chhattisgarh NEET Cutoff 2026: Expected Qualifying Cutoff

Before any college cutoff matters, you must first clear the national qualifying percentile. The expected Re NEET 2026 qualifying marks, based on previous trends and expert analysis, are given below.

Clearing this only makes you eligible for counselling. The actual admission cutoff for a government MBBS seat in Chhattisgarh is several hundred marks higher.

Chhattisgarh NEET Cut Off 2026 for Government Colleges - Category-wise  

The expected category-wise cutoff for state quota seats in Chhattisgarh government colleges is given below.

Notice the enormous gap between General and ST — roughly 190 marks. That is a direct consequence of Chhattisgarh's 32% ST reservation, the highest of any major state. For tribal candidates, a score in the 360–420 band that would be nowhere near a government seat in most states is genuinely competitive here.

Chhattisgarh NEET Cut Off 2026 for Government Colleges — College-wise (Expected)

The pattern is consistent every year: the Raipur–Bilaspur colleges close highest, while the newer colleges at Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker, Dhamtari and Kabirdham typically close below 600. If your score is in the high 500s, those newer colleges - not Pt. JNM - are where your realistic chance lies.

Last Year NEET Cut Off for MBBS Government Colleges (2025 Official Data)

This is the most reliable planning data available, since it is DME's official published cutoff rather than a projection.

Closing Ranks and Marks - General Category, Round 1

Category-wise Official Cutoff (2025)

Two things stand out here. First, the UR and OBC cutoffs are almost identical across every college — often within 1–5 marks. Chhattisgarh's OBC reservation is only 14%, so OBC candidates get far less cushion here than in states with 27% OBC quotas. Second, at Ambikapur the OBC cutoff (484) actually exceeds the UR cutoff (474) — a reminder that reserved-category cutoffs are not automatically lower and depend entirely on how many candidates in that category filled that college.

Chhattisgarh Private Medical College Cut Off for MBBS

Private college cutoffs in Chhattisgarh sit considerably lower than government ones — but come with fees of roughly ₹7–9 lakh per year against ₹50,000 in government colleges.

Government Quota in Private Colleges - 2024 Official Data

The Chhattisgarh private medical college cut off for OBC in the government quota closed at 519 marks in that cycle, sitting just below SC (531) and EWS (543).

Private MBBS Closing Ranks (2023 Reference)

Private MBBS Closing Ranks & Scores (2022 Reference)

Do note that the "General 150 marks" figure above reflects the management/all-India pool floor, not a realistic state quota general seat — the ₹150 entries occur where seats went unfilled deep into the stray rounds.

Chhattisgarh NEET Cutoff for BDS (Previous Years)

BDS Closing Ranks - 2023

BDS Closing Ranks & Scores — 2022 (General)

The single government dental college - GDC Raipur; is in a class of its own, closing at 424 marks while every private dental college closed in the 120s. If BDS is your goal, GDC Raipur is effectively the only competitive seat in the state.

Chhattisgarh NEET Cut Off Trend (2019–2025)

Looking at Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur - the state's benchmark college — across years shows how volatile the general category cutoff can be:

The rank has loosened considerably since 2019, but the marks required have fallen too - from 598 to 529 - reflecting a much larger applicant pool competing for the same seats.

Factors Affecting the Chhattisgarh NEET Counselling Cutoff

Every college publishes its own cutoff, representing the last rank admitted. The main variables are:

• Difficulty of the Re NEET 2026 paper — a harder paper pushes cutoffs down across the board

• Number of candidates qualifying from Chhattisgarh — more state applicants means tighter state ranks

• Seats available at the chosen institute

• Category of the candidate — decisive in Chhattisgarh, given 32% ST and 30% female horizontal reservation

• Counselling round — cutoffs drop steadily from Round 1 through Mop-Up as seats free up

• Choice-filling behaviour — an unpopular college can close surprisingly low, as Ambikapur's 2025 OBC anomaly shows